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Updated on 2025-08-19 GMT+08:00

Querying the Built-in Rules in Basic Web Protection

Function

This API is used to query the built-in rules in basic web protection.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

GET /v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/basic-protection/default-rules

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID. To obtain it, log in to the Huawei Cloud console, click the username, choose My Credentials, and find the project ID in the Projects list.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Definition

Obtain the enterprise project ID by calling the ListEnterpriseProject API of Enterprise Project Management Service (EPS). To obtain the resource details in all enterprise projects of a user, set this parameter to all_granted_eps.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • 0: the default enterprise project.

  • all_granted_eps: all enterprise projects.

  • A specific enterprise project ID: Enter a maximum of 36 characters.

Default Value

0

offset

No

Integer

Definition

Start position of the pagination query. This parameter specifies from which record you want to retrieve (counting starts from 0).

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

0

limit

No

Integer

Definition

Number of records returned on each page of a paginated query. This parameter specifies how many records you want to retrieve each time.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

10

from

No

Long

Definition

Start time (13-digit timestamp in ms). This parameter must be used together with parameter to.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

to

No

Long

Definition

End time (13-digit timestamp, in ms). This parameter must be used together with parameter from.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

level

No

Integer

Definition

Protection level of the rule set. If you select a loose rule set, there will be fewer false positives, but also more false negatives. If you select a tight rule set, the opposite is true.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • 1: loose

  • 2: medium

  • 3: Tight

Default Value

N/A

id

No

String

Definition

Rule ID. A rule ID uniquely identifies a rule.

Constraints

N/A

Range

6 characters.

Default Value

N/A

description

No

String

Definition

Rule description.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

cve_number

No

String

Definition

CVE ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

risk_level

No

Integer

Definition

Risk severity.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • 1: high risk

  • 2: medium risk

  • 3: low risk

Default Value

N/A

protection_type_names

No

String

Definition

Protection type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • vuln: Others

  • xss: Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks

  • cmdi: command injection attacks

  • lfi: local file inclusion attacks

  • rfi: remote file inclusion attacks

  • webshell: website Trojans

  • robot: malicious crawlers

  • sqli: SQL injections

Default Value

N/A

application_type_names

No

String

Definition

Application type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

For details, go to the Basic Web Protection page on the WAF console.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API (value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Content-Type

Yes

String

Definition

Content type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

application/json;charset=utf8

X-Language

No

String

Definition

Language. The default value is zh-cn. zh-cn: Chinese; en-us: English

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • zh-cn: Chinese

  • en-us: English

  • zh-cn

Default Value

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

total

Integer

Number of built-in basic web protection rules in the policy.

items

Array of WebBasicProtectionRulesItem objects

Array of built-in basic web protection rules.

Table 5 WebBasicProtectionRulesItem

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Definition

Rule ID. Each rule has a unique ID.

Range

N/A

description

String

Definition

Rule description.

Range

N/A

cve_number

String

Definition

CVE ID.

Range

N/A

risk_level

Integer

Definition

Risk severity.

  • 1: high risk

  • 2: medium risk

  • 3: low risk

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

Range

application_type

String

Definition

Application type.

Range

N/A

protection_type

String

Definition

Protection type.

Range

N/A

effective_time

Integer

Definition

Effective time.

Range

N/A

create_time

Integer

Definition

Creation time.

Range

N/A

update_time

Integer

Definition

Update time.

Range

N/A

Status code: 400

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

details

Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects

The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

Table 7 IAM5ErrorDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes of the downstream service.

error_msg

String

Error messages of the downstream service.

Status code: 401

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

details

Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects

The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

Table 9 IAM5ErrorDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes of the downstream service.

error_msg

String

Error messages of the downstream service.

Status code: 500

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

details

Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects

The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

Table 11 IAM5ErrorDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error codes of the downstream service.

error_msg

String

Error messages of the downstream service.

Example Requests

The following example shows how to query the details of the basic web protection rule set for a project. The project ID is project_id.

GET https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/basic-protection/default-rules

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

{
  "total" : 1,
  "items" : [ {
    "id" : 12298,
    "description" : "Nmap command injection attack",
    "cve_number" : null,
    "risk_level" : 1,
    "application_type" : null,
    "protection_type" : "cmdi",
    "effective_time" : 0,
    "create_time" : 1618539073821,
    "update_time" : 1749738600000
  } ]
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.region.WafRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.model.*;


public class ListWebBasicProtectionRulesSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        WafClient client = WafClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(WafRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        ListWebBasicProtectionRulesRequest request = new ListWebBasicProtectionRulesRequest();
        try {
            ListWebBasicProtectionRulesResponse response = client.listWebBasicProtectionRules(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}
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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkwaf.v1.region.waf_region import WafRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkwaf.v1 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = WafClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(WafRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = ListWebBasicProtectionRulesRequest()
        response = client.list_web_basic_protection_rules(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)
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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    waf "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := waf.NewWafClient(
        waf.WafClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.ListWebBasicProtectionRulesRequest{}
	response, err := client.ListWebBasicProtectionRules(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request succeeded.

400

Request failed.

401

The token does not have required permissions.

500

Internal server error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.